10/14/01: Kit Pellow is playing for Culiacan Tomato
Growers of the Mexican Pacific League this winter.

10/8/01: Arizona Fall LeagueHomerun Tracker-- Eric
Hinske (2). Eric was 4-4, with four runs, four RBI, and two
doubles.

10/6/01: Arizona Fall LeagueHomerun Tracker--Eric Hinske (1).

10/2/01: The Arizona Fall League begins. Joe Jester
is playing for the Grand Canyon Rafters and EricHinske
is playing for the Phoenix Desert Dogs.

9/7/01: Playoff Homerun Tracker--EricHinske
(1).

9/6/01: Playoff Homerun Tracker--RyanLundquist
(1).

9/2/01: Homerun Tracker--Kit Pellow (20).

9/2/01: NEW HAVEN (EAST) RHP Jimmy Journell pitched a no-hitter
in his first-career Class AA start as the Ravens snapped their
nine-game losing streak with a 3-0 victory over Bowie in the first
game of a doubleheader. Journell fanned six and issued three walks
but faced the minimum 21 batters, completing the Eastern League's
fifth no-hitter this season. The 23-year-old Journell, who was
a fourth-round pick by the Cardinals in the 1999 draft, was 14-6
with a 2.50 ERA in 26 starts and had won his last 11 decisions
for Potomac of the Class A Carolina League before his promotion
on August 31. New Haven completed the sweep with a 1-0 blanking
in the nightcap. Led by the combined efforts of RHP Lance Franks
and RHP Mike Crudale, plus SS Jason Bowers second homer in as
many games, the Ravens won back-to-back games for the first time
since they put together a three-game streak, August 8-11.

8/30/01: Homerun Tracker--Brian Kirby (2).

8/29/01: Homerun Tracker--RyanLundquist
(14).

8/29/01: Lance Franks was activated from the DL.

8/28/01: Homerun Tracker--Brian Kirby (1).

8/25/01: Homerun Tracker--EricHinske
GS (25).

8/23/01: Rodney Nye was placed on the DL with a right
hamstring.

8/21/01: Homerun Tracker--EricHinske
(24), Matt Erickson (2).

8/19/01: Homerun Tracker--Kit Pellow 2 (19),
Joe Jester (6).

8/19/01: OMAHA (PCL) 1B Kit Pellow homered twice, including
a game-winning shot in the bottom of the 12th inning, as the Golden
Spikes defeated Memphis, 5-4. Pellow, who went 4-for-6, drilled
his 18th longball of the season leading off the eighth inning,
cutting Omaha's deficit to 4-3. 3B Alejandro Prieto followed three
batters later with the game-tying blast. In the 12th, he smacked
a shot off of RHP Mike James that cleared the left field fence
with one out.

8/16/01: The rosters were announced for the Arizona Fall League.
Joe Jester will be playing for the Grand Canyon Rafters,
while EricHinske will be playing for the Phoenix
Desert Dogs.

8/13/01: EricHinske was named the Pacific Coast
League player of the week. He was also the Hogs in the Minors
Player of the Week.

8/13/01: Homerun Tracker--Matt Erickson (1).

8/12/01: SACRAMENTO (PCL) 3B EricHinske extended
his RBI streak to eight games after he plated four runs in the
RiverCats' 8-6 victory at Las Vegas. After clubbing a first-inning
grand slam, Hinske, who finished with three hits, has now knocked
in 17 runs over his last eight contests. 2B Mark Bellhorn, who
slugged a pair of homers in a 16-14 loss to the 51s on Saturday,
lofted a solo homer in the eighth, giving him at least one homer
in each of his last three games.

8/12/01: Homerun Tracker--EricHinske
(22).

8/12/01: Wes McCrotty earned his first professional
win by beating Mahoning Valley 13-3.

8/9/01: SACRAMENTO (PCL) 3B EricHinske
homered in his third consecutive game as the RiverCats suffered
a 6-2 loss to Nashville. Hinske smacked a two-run shot, his team-leading
21st of the season, in the top of the fourth inning to give Sacramento
a 2-0 lead. Over his last five games, the 24-year-old has hit
four longballs and collected nine RBI.

8/9/01: Homerun Tracker--EricHinske
(21), Joe Jester (4).

8/9/01: Mike Oquist was placed on the DL with a partial
tendon tear and a mild ligament sprain in his pitching elbow.

7/19/01: Bubba Carpenter was demoted from Colorado Springs
(AAA) to Carolina (AA) of the Southern League.

7/18/01: Homerun Tracker--Brian Kirby (4).

7/18/01: Brian Kirby was 3-4 with a double, a homerun,
one RBI, and four runs scored in a 16-4 victory.

7/16/01: Joe Jester was promoted from San Jose (A) to
Shreveport (AA).

7/16/01: Homerun Tracker--EricHinske
2 (14).

7/16/01: EricHinske was 3-4 with two runs scored,
two homeruns, a double and four RBI in an 8-5 loss to Omaha.

7/16/01: BIRMINGHAM (SOU) RHP Dan Wright did not allow
a run for the second straight start after throwing eight scoreless
innings to lead the Barons past Mobile, 6-0. Wright, who spun
seven shutout innings in a 5-0 win against West Tenn on July 9,
scattered four hits over eight frames, including the third inning
in which he struck out the side. For the game, the 23-year-old
right-hander fanned 12 to raise his team-best total to 122, which
is also good for second in the league. Wright, a second-round
pick of the White Sox in 1999 and rated the fifth-best prospect
in the organization in 2000 by Baseball America, has now won his
last three starts to improve to 7-6 on the season with a 2.69
ERA. Last night was also his third double-digit strikeout performance
in five starts. OF DarronIngram provided support on offense
with four hits, including a double, and an RBI.

7/16/01: CALGARY (PCL) C RamonCastro and RHP GaryKnotts each drove in three runs as the Cannons took advantage
of poor Colorado Springs pitching to score seven times in the
first inning en route to an 11-2 victory over the Sky Sox. Castro
drove in the second run of the seven-run frame with the fourth
of Calgary's five straight hits to start the game. 1B BrianBanks followed Castro's hit with an RBI single, and after
a flyout, OFChadMottola, 2B Matt Erickson
and Knotts each singled consecutively to close the book on Colorado
Springs starter RHP ScottRandall. By the time the inning
was over, the Cannons sent 12 men to the plate, scoring seven
runs and producing eight hits. Castro would leadoff the second
with a solo homer before he knocked in his third run with a single
off of RHP AndyLarkin. Knotts, who produced a two-run
single in the first and an RBI groundout in the sixth, allowed
just two runs and five hits over 6 2/3 innings, striking out six
and walking a batter. Erickson also had three hits and
an RBI for Calgary, which has won four of its last six games.
Randall retired only one hitter and was lit up for seven runs
and eight hits to suffer his worst loss of the season.

7/15/01: Homerun Tracker--RyanLundquist
(11).

7/11/01: Kit Pellow went 0-2 with a groundout and a
strikeout in the AAA All-Star game. Kit played the last three
innings of the game.

7/11/01: Les Lancaster has been chosen to coach the
Lincoln Saltdogs for the rest of the season after the Lincoln
Manager, Kash Beauchamp, resigned.

7/9/01: BIRMINGHAM (SOU) RHP Dan Wright spun seven shutout
innings to out-duel LHP Steve Smyth and propel the Barons past
West Tenn, 5-0. In an event billed as a battle between two pitching
prospects with an eventual future in the city of Chicago, Wright
took advantage of an early three-run lead by limiting the Diamond
Jaxx to five hits while striking out four and walking three. With
the win, the University of Arkansas product improved to 4-1 in
his last five decisions and 6-6 overall. Wright, a second-round
pick of the White Sox in 1999, lowered his team-leading ERA among
starters to 2.87 and has now fanned 113 batters in 119 innings.
Smyth, considered to be one of the top young hurlers in the Cubs
organization, suffered his first loss in nine starts despite giving
up three runs and nine hits over 6 1/3 frames. Despite the setback,
which dropped his record to 8-3, Smyth has not allowed over three
earned runs in any of his last nine appearances.

7/9/01: BINGHAMTON (EAST) RHP Tyler Walker twirled five scoreless
innings and C JasonPhillips recorded his second two-homer
game in less than a month as the Mets cruised to a 10-3 triumph
over visiting Harrisburg. A second-round pick of the Mets in 1997
out of the University California, Walker yielded just one hit
and walked four en route to his first win for Binghamton since
being promoted from Class A St. Lucie of the Florida State League.
Phillips, who slugged a pair of homers in the first game of a
doubleheader against Portland on June 23, broke a scoreless deadlock
in the bottom of the second inning with a two-run shot off of
RHP Scott Mitchell. 3B Rodney Nye followed with a solo
blast two batters later, and Phillips put the game away in the
seventh with his second two-run homer of the contest.

7/9/01: Homerun Tracker--Rodney Nye (7).

7/8/01: Homerun Tracker--Joe Jester (7), Brian
Kirby (3).

7/5/01: Homerun Tracker--Rodney Nye (6).

7/4/01: Ike Pohle has been selected as a Frontier League
All-Star.

7/4/01: BIRMINGHAM (SOU) RHP Dan Wright matched his
season-high with 10 strikeouts as he and RHP Ed Almonte combined
on a seven-hitter to lead the host Barons past Mobile, 2-0. After
giving up his third hit of the game with two outs in the second
inning, Wright, a second-round pick of the White Sox in 1999,
went on to strike out six of the next eight batters he faced.
After eight scoreless innings, the 23-year-old Texas native yielded
just six hits and did not walk a batter en route to his second
win in three starts versus the BayBears this season and a 5-6
record overall. Not only is Wright now second in the Class AA
Southern League with 106 strikeouts in 112 innings, but he has
also fanned eight or more batters in each of his last five starts.
Almonte yielded just a single in the ninth to close out the victory.
C Miguel Olivo belted his 10th homer of the season in the seventh
inning to give Birmingham a 1-0 lead.

6/24/01: CALGARY (PCL) C Ramon Castro hit a pair of clutch
three-run homers, including a tie-breaking blast in the top of
the 11th inning, as the Cannons defeated Omaha, 10-7. Castro,
who belted a three-run homer in the seventh closing Calgary's
deficit to 7-6, snapped a 7-7 tie by crushing his 17th home run
of the season with two runners on in the 11th. His six RBI were
the highest single-game total of his eight-year career, surpassing
the previous mark of five, which he last recorded on June 18,
1999 against the Vancouver Grizzlies. SS Matt Erickson
forced extra innings with a game-tying RBI single in the eighth
after Omaha's 1B Craig Wilson helped the Golden Spikes race out
to a 7-3 lead by driving in six runs with a grand slam and a two-run
double.

6/21/01: Kit Pellow was named to the Pacific Coast League
All-Star team as a first baseman.

6/21/01: Brian Kirby hit his first professional home
run.

6/20/01: Brian Kirby got his first professional hit,
a two run double, in his second game. He followed that up with
a triple in his next at bat.

6/20/01: Wes McCrotty made his professional debut pitching
four relief innings, allowing no hits or runs, walking none and
striking out two.

6/20/01: Binghamton third baseman Rodney Nye was 4-4
with 1 double and 3 runs scored in a 9-5 win over Bowie.

6/20/01: JUPITER (FSL) LHP CliffLee fanned 10
batters and combined with two other pitchers on a three-hit shutout
as the Hammerheads defeated host Sarasota, 4-0. The Arkansas native
at one point struck out five in a row and allowed no hits over
five innings of starting pitching, but did not factor in the decision.
RHP Shane Arthurs allowed three hits over two innings to pick
up the win and Julio Perez threw a pair of perfect innings to
record the save and combine on the shutout. 2B Josh McKinley drove
in a pair of runs for the victors.

6/11/01: Joe Jester has been selected to the California
League All-Star Team. The annual California League vs. Carolina
League All-Star Game will be played on Tuesday, June 19
at the Hanger in Lancaster, CA

6/3/01: Story about Dan Wright in the ADG by Rick Fires. Read
it Here.

6/2/01: MUDVILLE (CAL) 2B Mark Burnett drove in five
runs as the Nines defeated host Visalia, 15-9. Burnett, a Class
A Midwest League All Star last season, singled and scored in the
first inning, delivered an RBI single in the third and launched
a grand slam in the fifth to complete the most productive offensive
showing of his professional career. Career high for RBI.

5/31/01: Mike Moriarity and Ike Pohle have been
found, playing for the Kalamazoo Kings of the Frontier League.
An Independent league.

5/31/01: The New Britain Rock Cats placed pitcher Matt Carnes
on the disabled list with appendicitis.

5/28/01: EricHinske was 3-4 with a double (5),
homerun (8), and three RBI in Sacramentos 7-4 victory over Las
Vegas.

5/22/01: Bubba Carpenter was traded from the New York
Mets organization back to the Colorado Rockies organization for
future considerations. He is currently playing for Colorado Springs.

5/22/01: EricHinske went 2-3 with two homeruns
(5) and three runs batted in. His first homerun was estimated
at 440 feet.

5/22/01: BIRMINGHAM (SOU) RHP Dan Wright spun eight
innings of one-run ball and 3B Chris Saunders finished 5-for-5
with a pair of RBI as the Barons pounded Huntsville, 10-1. Wright
scattered six hits, struck out five and walked a pair for the
win. Saunders had an RBI single in the second frame and doubled
home a run in the fourth.

5/19/01: CALGARY (PCL) SS Matt Erickson picked up three
singles in four trips to the plate during a 12-2 loss to Tacoma,
extending his hitting streak to 21 games. Erickson, a seventh-round
pick of the Marlins in 1997, prolonged the minor league's longest
current hitting streak by stroking a single to left field with
two outs in the bottom of the first. He would later add two more
singles to raise his batting average to a season-high .336 (46-137).
A product of the University of Arkansas-Fayetteville, Erickson
was a 1998 Class A Midwest League All Star and entered this season
with a career average of .305.

5/17/01: MUDVILLE (CAL) 1B Eric Welsh hit a pair of home runs
and drove in eight runs as the Nine edged host High Desert, 15-11,
in 14 innings. Welsh hit a solo homer in the sixth inning, doubled
in three runs in the seventh and hit a grand slam in the top of
the 14th to give Mudville a five-run lead after OF RyanLundquist opened the inning with a solo shot. Welsh eclipsed
his former season-high of six RBIs in a game, which he did on
April 21 while playing for Chattanooga of the Class AA Southern
League. SS Will Hall hit a pair of home runs and had four RBIs
for the Mavericks.

5/14/01: CALGARY (PCL) SS Matt Erickson extended his
hitting streak to 19 games with a single in three at-bats in the
Cannons' 2-1, 10-inning loss to Portland. Erickson, who hit .301
while playing for Florida's Class AA affiliate in Portland last
season, is batting .315 through Sunday and has hit safely in 26
of his last 27 games. SS Chris Gomez drove in OF Chad Green with
the game-winning run for the Beavers in the bottom of the 10th.
Green, who had been mired in an 0-for-36 slump, doubled with two
outs in the 10th and came around to score on Gomez' single to
right field.

5/13/01: CALGARY (PCL) SS Matt Erickson extended his
hitting streak to 18 games with a ninth-inning single during the
Cannons' 9-1 triumph at Portland. After going hitless in his first
four at-bats, Erickson led off the ninth with a single to right
field. He would eventually score on OF Kevin Grijak's grand slam.
OF Ryan Thompson, who walked and scored in the ninth, went 2-for-4
with a solo homer and three runs scored, and has now hit safely
in his last 15 games for Calgary.

5/12/01: CALGARY (PCL) OF Ryan Thompson went 4-for-5 with a
homer and a pair of RBI as the Cannons slipped past Edmonton,
8-7. Thompson, who has now hit safely in his last 14 games, cut
into an early four-run deficit in the third inning with a run-scoring
single. He would later smack a solo homer with one out in the
fifth before hitting a double and scoring the deciding run in
the seventh. SS Matt Erickson went 2-for-4 with an RBI
to extend his hitting streak to 17 games.

5/12/01: MUDVILLE (CAL) RHP Scott Dunn struck out 12 batters
over six scoreless innings in a 4-1 triumph over Lancaster. Dunn,
who fanned five of six batters between the fourth and fifth innings,
yielded four hits and a pair of walks but did not figure in the
decision. A 10th-round pick of the Reds in 1999, Dunn currently
leads the California League in strikeouts (55) and ranks seventh
in ERA with a 2.50. 3B RyanLundquist snapped a
scoreless tie with a leadoff homer in the eighth and C Dane Sardinha
added a two-run single in the frame. RHP Brandon Webb threw seven
shutout innings, striking out eight in a no-decision outing for
the JetHawks.

5/8/01: CliffLee was placed on the Disabled
List with stiffness in the shoulder.

4/27/01: Update on Matt Riethmaier- Matt has inflammation
in his throwing shoulder and is in Clearwater undergoing rehab.
He should be back in a few weeks.

4/24/01: Just as third baseman EricHinske's
bat came alive, an injury has shut him down. Hinske could be out
for two weeks after suffering a strained intercostal (rib) muscle
Sunday.

4/20/01: JUPITER (FSL) LHP CliffLee struck out
10 batters (seven consecutively)in a 4-3 loss at St. Lucie. The
2000 fourth-round pick of the Expos allowed just three hits, but
surrendered a three-run homer to the Mets' Brian Shipp en route
to his first loss of the season. The 22-year-old product of the
University of Arkansas has fanned 19 batters in his past 11 innings
and held the opposition to a .148 average (8-for-54) in three
starts.

4/18/01: Sacramento (PCL) OF Andy Abadand 3B EricHinske each had four hits and a pair of home runs as the
RiverCats pounded Calgary, 14-3. Abad, who fell a triple short
of a cycle, lifted a solo homer in the top of the second inning
before drilling a three-run clout in the sixth. Hinske highlighted
a six-run fourth by driving in a pair of runs with his second
homer of the season, while his second blast of the evening plated
three more runs in the sixth.

4/13/01: Omaha (Pacific Coast) first baseman Kit Pellow
extended his home run streak to three consecutive games with a
three-run blast in the bottom of the third inning during an 8-7
loss to Las Vegas. Pellow now has 12 RBI through his first eight
games.

4/11/01: Sacramento (Pacific Coast) third baseman EricHinske singled home the game-winning run with two outs
in the 13th inning as the RiverCats outlasted Iowa, 2-1. Hinske
drove home catcher Tom Wilson with his only hit of the game and
first RBI of the season.

3/28/01-Scott Pose was assigned to the Astros minor
league camp.

3/28/01-EricHinske was traded to Oakland for
Scott Chiasson and Miguel Cairo.

3/13/01-EricHinske was optioned to triple-A
Iowa by the Cubs. He had been with the big league club in spring
training.

2/26/01-EricHinske meets Sammy Sosa.

2/12/01: Mike Oquist was signed by Minnesota.

2/1/01-EricHinske is listed as the eleventh
best prospect in the Cubs organization by Baseball America.

1/25/01-The New York Yankees invited David Walling to
spring training as a non-roster player.